Show FORMOSAN WEDDING RITES A reluctant bride and a porcine sacrifice at londona Lon dons coney island with full formosan rites including the public sacrifice of 0 a pig two inhabitants of the formosan village at londona Lon dons 1 walto hito city were married recently tho the bridegroom was saron gal a young man of 0 twenty four with the reputation of a mighty hunter among his fellow tribesmen I 1 and the bride was a maiden of twenty one at an early hour the village was garlanded with cori cora and leaves and the native occupants be decked themselves with finery in tho the afternoon the b bride bide ide and bridegroom were temporarily sep abated from the other natives who occupied the time in making a procession round the exhibition carrying instruments st of war and chanting weird songs after this they assembled in an open hut la in the center of the village and two sturdy men appeared carrying the pig which was screaming lustily it was killed instantly with a spear thrust through the heart and the carcass was singed over a fire of rushes skinned and cut into small pieces the pieces were placed in pots and set to boll boil over charcoal fires before this had happened the bridegroom had bad to fetch the bride she offered resistance and wept a great deal but seizing hold of her the lover placed her upon his back and carried her to the open hut where all the company squatted round a table r alsed raised two or three inches from the ground then the food was fetched the pieces of semi cooked food beng being handed round with chopsticks chop sticks tie feast was interspersed with weird chanting the chief themo theme was supplied by the words wo we are now one we love each other the proceedings lasted well into the evening the bride preserved a most stolid demeanor throughout hut hilt the crowd of europeans were hugely delighted and cheered cheece che erel I and clapped enthusiastically lyLon london don graphic |